"John Barsness says the most important accuracy factor in our handloads is the bullet. No matter how we fiddle with the brass, runout, neck thickness, COL, throats, primers and primer pockets, powders, etc., you have to have a good bullet to see any returns on all the rest. And of course the twist rate has to be right for the bullet too.
"Here is another little test to show that the long throat (0.300" length of parallel-sided free-bore in the 400 Whelen-B) is not an accuracy problem. After 5 shots at 100 yards to get on paper and foul the barrel, using the GSC-USA .411"/317-grain HV, I got lucky with the next 3 shots at 100 yards, so I moved on to the windage adjustment on another aiming point, for one-hole-preservation ..."
Ron aka "Rip" for Riflecrank Internationale Permanente NRA Life Benefactor and Beneficiary .458 Winchester Magnum, Magnanimous in Victory THE WALKING DEAD does so remind me of Democrap voters. Donkeypox.